Hunting flies with a cannon
Here we are, for the second day of #AprilInLeo, and today we will talk about the ethics of innovation. About progress, and the fact that sometimes we are not ready to pay the price for it.
One of my hobbies is to entertain the dream of living up to the age of 125, and with this, checking every serious research about longevity and immortality. More than often, every research related to this subject is about unintended consequences, in the long term. Every step forward, about 9 times out of 10, is proving to be a step back.
Let's start with some well-known cases, for example, the obesity crisis in North America (and in all the countries playing catch-up with the same habits). After the war, once the pre-packed food and the fast food gained notoriety, the big brands started some strange campaigns, starting to shame the traditional meals and increase their profits. The first move was to blame fat for well, being fat, as the general public didn't know that there is good fat and bad fat, and the good one is brain food, literally. Then, as sugar was expensive, they invented sweeteners, to reduce the price of the food, while still making it to taste acceptable. About 40 years later, we discovered that Aspartame is a cancer-giving substance, dramatically increasing the chances of getting sick. This is the latest.
Want more? Research about increasing our cellular regeneration, using medical cocktails of active substances, or even fancy treatments like a young person's blood transfusion or genetic manipulation, not realising that all the cells regenerate faster, including the cancer cells, giving us, well, cancer, much faster and more aggressive.
It is a bit ironic, as it seems that every attempt to hurry the process of evolution always has unintended consequences, as our research is limited, and most of the time we are like blind pirates hunting flies with a cannon. Except that instead, we choose to play with our genes, thinking that 12% of them are active and the rest are just evolutionary junk (hint: they are not, the latest research is pointing out that each gene has specific functions, it is just that we have no idea what they do). Pride, this seems to be our downfall. It is almost like there is a plan, and we try to bulldoze our way in, without any idea of what is waiting for us behind door number 1, or 2, or 20.244.
What do you think about this, in general?
All the best, George
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